Bill Text: NY A08436 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the governing board of a municipal corporation from adopting any law, ordinance, regulation or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of a utility service to a customer based upon the type or source of energy to be delivered to the customer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 21-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-10 - held for consideration in local governments [A08436 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08436-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8436

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    November 17, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BARCLAY, PALMESANO, HAWLEY, LEMONDES, TAGUE,
          WALSH, SIMPSON, J. M. GIGLIO, MANKTELOW, MONTESANO, B. MILLER,  BLANK-
          ENBUSH,  LAWLER,  SMITH, GALLAHAN, BYRNES, ANGELINO, MORINELLO, BRABE-
          NEC, DeSTEFANO, SALKA -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
          Local Governments

        AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to prohibiting
          municipal corporations from adopting  local  laws,  ordinances,  regu-
          lations, or policies that prohibit certain utility services from being
          delivered based on the type or source of energy

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 99-x to read as follows:
     3    §  99-x. Prohibitions relating to utility service. 1. For the purposes
     4  of this section, "utility service" shall mean natural gas, propane, fuel
     5  oil, or other fossil fuels provided to a customer.
     6    2. The governing board of a municipal corporation shall not adopt  any
     7  local  law,  ordinance,  regulation or policy that prohibits, or has the
     8  effect of prohibiting, the  connection  or  reconnection  of  a  utility
     9  service  to  a  customer  based  upon the type or source of energy to be
    10  delivered to such customer.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13110-01-1